Politicians and Other Disasters

Superstorm Sandy pushes the election off the front pages—and will play a pivotal role in the economy for months to come.

By

Randall W. Forsyth

November 3, 2012

By

Randall W. Forsyth

November 3, 2012

If politics makes for strange bedfellows, then natural disasters seem to induce bizarre behavior among politicians.

Until he came to his senses late Friday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seemed intent on going ahead with Sunday's running of the New York Marathon, despite the ongoing suffering wrought by Superstorm Sandy last week. Not since George W. Bush told the head of FEMA he was "doing a heck of job" in dealing with Hurricane Katrina had a pol seemed so oblivious to the reality on the ground as the...